Gambling behavior of student-athletes and a student cohort: What are the odds?

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-24

  Weinstock, Jeremiah ^a   Whelan, James P ^b   Meyers, Andrew W ^b   Watson, Jennifer M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Gambling risk factors; Pathological gambling; Student athletes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEVADA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SPORTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33847685143     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-006-9043-3     Document Type: Article

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